Union-suit.



M. S. STRAUSE.

UNION SUN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 19:1.

Patented Dec. 25, 1917.

2 SHEETSSHEET alumnus: ,fiitraase Mf S. STHAUSE.

UNIDN SUIT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY26.191I. 7 1,251,439. Patented Dec. 25,1917

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

Qlkurucgu WITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

KLHLON S. STBAUSE, 0F READING, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB TO SCHUYLKILL SILK KILLS, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

UNION-SUIT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 25, 1917.

T0 at whom it mdy concern:

Be it known that I, Mannon S. Sraapsn,

a citizen of the United States, residin at and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to' garments, and more particularly to union suit under-garments. i I

It is an object of this invention to improve the construction of this type of garment so as to secure what might be called a closed crotch structure.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of the construction, the combination, and in details as more fully hereinafterdescribed and shown in the ac-- companying drawing in which:

ment.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the gar- Fig. 2 is a rear elevation. Fig. .3.shows a fragment spread to clearly show the construction;

, Fig. 4is asectional detail.

Fig. 5 is a plan of the front pattern indica'ting onefront flap, in dotted lines, as applied. i

Fig. 6 is a plan of one of the front flaps.

Fig. 7 is a plan of a rear left side rear pattern, and

gig. 8 is a plan of a. rear seat reinforce.

be understood that the herewith illustrated and described elements are employed for the purpose of exposition of the invention,

shown, in Fig. 5, of one piece 2 having limb elements 3-3 divergent on lines H from the medial line along which the front piece with the parts garment may be constructed of vari -ously designed patterns and therefore it will is slit at 5. To each edge of slit 5 is secured at 7 a flap piece 6, Fig. 6, thus forming a lateral portion to overlap as in Fig. 1.

The rear of the garment may comprise right and left pieces, one of which is shown at 8, Fig. 7, having a limb portion 9. To obtain a closed crotch each back piece 7 is provided with a lateral flap portion 10 extending from the upper inner seam line 11 upward to a suitable distance. These front and rear sections 2 and 8 are then stitched respectively at 4 to 11, and with their side edges 12-13 together and alon the back members at 14 down to the top 0 flap 10. The front and rear flapsB and 10 of respective limbs of the garment are stitched at 15, and, therefore, in the completed garment, the flap of one side extends from point a, Fig. 1, down, thence across the crotch at b and up the back at c, Fig. 2. One continuous flap becomes'the inner element while the other becomes the outer, as clearly shown in Figs; 3 and 4:. The front and rear limb elements may be fully reinforced by crotch pieces 16, Fig. 8.

What is claimed as new is: A union suit having a front member the legs of which diverge from the crotch point,

the trunk being split on a medial line upwardly from the crotch apex toward the waist line; overlapping flap pieces attached each to a respective side of said splithand terminating at the crotch apex with a trans verse edge, and a pairof back pieces stitched together on a medial line from neck to waist and from crotch to knee to the legs of the front, each back piece havin a lateral portion to one side of the me ral line of the back, terminating at the ,crotch and having a transverse edge stitched at the crotch to the respective edge of a. flap on the front member, the united front and rear flaps respectivelytelescopin together and forming a closure for the rent and back of the opening and beneath the pelvic bone.

In testimony whereof I aflix my si ature.

MAHLON S. STRA SE. 

